Learning how to upgrade your graphics card is one of the most important things that you can do as a computer builder. One of the highlights of PC gaming is the modularity, as soon as your aging video ...

Building your own gaming PC is a rewarding experience and gives you far more control over the pieces and parts that wind up in your PC tower. Those without any familiarity of the internal workings of ...

Knowing which graphics card (GPU) your PC uses is helpful when shopping for upgrades, troubleshooting performance issues, or checking if your computer can run the latest games. However, unless you’re ...

I've been professionally prodding graphics cards for the past two decades, and this is what I've learned about buying GPUs.

First, try turning on your computer by disconnecting all unnecessary devices. If this works, open the Device Manager after logging into your system and check the status of your graphics card driver.

Be honest, when was the last time you installed anything in a PCIe slot that wasn't a graphics card? We still indulge in this charade, where ATX motherboards come equipped with several 1x and 4x slots ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...